Means for use in poaching eggs



E. S. MUSGRAVE.

MEANS FOR USE IN POACHING EGGS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 22. 1920.

1,417,679; I Patented May 30, 1922.

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ELLEN SUSAN MUSGRAVE, OF AMERSHAM' COMMON EN GLAND.

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T0 allwiwmtmai/ concern) Be it known that I, ELLEN SUSAN Mus- GRA'VE, a subject of the King of Great Britam and Ireland residing at Amer-sham Common, in the county of Bucks, England have invented Improvements in Means for Use in Poaching Eggs, of which the following .is a specification. v

This invention has reference to means foruse inpoaching eggs, the object being to provide an arrangement which will en able a number of eggsto be poached at one time in a single cooking vessel without risk of one egg adheringto another upon a serving member which after removal from the cooking vess el can be instantlydespatched minus the egg separating meansin a highly heated condition to thefcon sumption table. According thereto the means comprise 'a fiat. base portion a resembling a' cruet formed witha fnumber' of hollows and an upper detachable egg separating portion 4) formed with apertures or bottomless compartments e"'corresponding in number, size and shape with the hollows both portions being provided with handles. which may be detachable and means being provided for positioning or connecting them together so th at'the upper; portion formsan upwardly extending wall around, each of the several hollows. :The eggs are as usual broken into the apertures or compartments which are closed at the bottom by the hollowed parts of the connected base portion and the con nected base and upper portions are'then immersed in water in a cooking ivejssel. l/Vhe'n the cooking operation is completed the connected portions are removed from the vessel, and the upper portion 11 is bodily detached, the poached eggs then resting in the hollows of the base portion a which can be placed on a dish ready for the table.

The base portion a may be made of any suitable material such as earthenware or glass which will withstand heat or of enamelled or plated metal, whilst the upper portion '0 is preferably of enamelled or plated metal but may be of any other suitable material.

Several constructional examples of poachers are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Fig. 1 being a side elevation of one form with one handle removed. Fig. 2 a plan with one handle in a different position to another and a part broken away and Fig. 3 an elevation with one handle ing totheinvention."

porting feet 2' and with two Specification of Letters Patent. fPatent'ed ,May 30, 1922, Application filed November 22, 1920. Serial i 7' V.

No. 25.87%; I I Y partlyybroken away and two handles, rei-f moved. Fig. 4 is a section of the lower part I of the device; taken on jtheline Fig. 2 and Fig. 5 is av section, taken on thesame lines of the upper part of the device. Fig.1 it

spectively sections of the upper and lower I F 7 being a corre- F 1g.- 8 is a plan of the'lower parts thereof, the sections being taken on the line '9-9 of Fig. 7. I of athird form of'device, Fig. .12' is a plan and Fig. 13 a section on the line 13 13 of Fig. l'l'is an elevation Fig; 12. F ig.-14: is an elevation and Fig. 15

a plan of yet another form of device; Fig..;

vessel adapted to receive any devicev accordshown in Figs. to 5 a circular base a is employed, having five depressions bl ra-,

diating from thecentre to the peripheryand bounded by a pentagonal margin 0 between which and the circumference of the base five other depressions d are formed, all the edges l6fis an elevation and lii 17 a plan. f 1a.,

ofthe depressions being curved lines. The

upper removable member v associated with the base a, has its walls 6 shaped to corresp'ond and' may be provided with a' pair of diametricallyv arranged lugs f 'each'dug' 7 being adapted. to seat between apair of J lugs gupon- 'thebasea so asto holdithe two parts against angular displacement." The upper member 0 may befitted with a central handle it by which it can be placed 'in position and the weight of such member may be relied upon to maintain the requisite tight-" ness between the same andthe base. The] base may [be provided with say three 'sup.- pairs of lugs 'j at the underside bored as at k for the. reception of lateral extensions m of a pair of looped handles n which can be sprung into and out of position and are movable about the extensions hingewise. v p

A smaller device shown in Figs. 6 to 10 may comprise a base at having three similar poaching regions Z) with their major axes arranged triangularly lugs f or equivalent means being located at the apices of such regions for holding the upper. member and base in position. In sucha case there may be a central hollow space a in both the base a and upper member so that thelatter can bevslipped over a looped handle 0' of the kind referred to, the lateral extensions p whereof 13 the base a is cooperate with a single pair of lugs 0" diametrically arranged near thecentral opening a in the base a. The removal of the up per member and its replacement may be effected by a handle 8 extending rigidly from the said 'member,"to*onejside of the-lifting handle 0 for the base. i t

In the example shown in Figs. 11, 12 and formed with a-pair of depressions???arranged as shown and the upper member shaped to correspond. In this case the upper:1nember is provided with a pair ofpositioning lugs f and the base with pair oflugs j for the reception of handles equivalent to those shown at n in Figs. 1 and 2. t

In an analogous way the apparatus first described may be made to poach five-eggs at atime in lieu of ten.

" Such a modification is shown in Figs. 14:

and 15 which also exemplifies the 7 upper member as connected to the base a; by forming thehandles n with knees t which when the handles are erect bear upon the walls 6 of the upper member thereby positively preventing independent lifting of the upper.

ntages may be thus simplifies serving with a table spoon as both are much about the same shape.

3. The depressions are just deep enough to keep the eggs in position on the cruet when the upper portion is removed.

4-. By keeping the eggs on the cruet in which they have been cooked it prevents them from being broken, when removing them from one dish to another and also ensures them being served very hot.

5. All water is drained off all eggs at once by one movement viz lifting ofi' upper portion, which prevents the possibility of any "water being transferred either on to'the toast or plate on which the eggs areserved.

What I claim is 1. An egg poacher comprising a serving member and an egg separating portion bodily detachable in an instantaneous man,- ner from the serving member to enable the latter to be alone despatched to the table,

substantially as described.

2. An egg poacher comprising a serving member and an egg separating member bodily detachable therefrom and carrying means detachably connected to such serving member whereby the and out of a cooking vessel and be despa-tched minus the carrying means to enable the contents to be directly served at table. 8. An egg poacher comprising a serving member and an egg separating member bodily detachable therefrom and carrying means hingedly and detachably connected to such serving member for the purpose specified. I I

An egg poacher comprlsing a serving latter can be lifted into member, pierced lugs upon the underside thereof and a looped handlefhaving lateral extensions adapted to be sprung into and out of engagement with the lugs aforesaid, for thepurpose specified.

5. An egg poacher comprising a serving member formed with. a number of imperferate hollows, an upper detachable portion forming a temporary extension j'ofthe hollows, and carrying handles hingedly and detachably connected to such serving member, such handles in one position being adapted to hold the upper' portion upon the serving member and in another position to release it. I v

Signed at London, England, this 2nd day of November, 1920.

ELLEN SUSAN MUSGRAVE. 

